ROCKFORD, Ill. (WTVO) — Historians, veterans, and Rockford residents gathered at Veterans Memorial Hall to learn more about the history of local abolitionists at a “Civil War Roundtable.” The event ...

A continual torment -- The first American martyr -- A difficult year -- A field of blood -- The distant goal -- The African mirage -- The Constitutional rag -- The ameliorative President -- Soft ...

With the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, the war merged with the abolitionist cause. The Proclamation had included an unexpected clause: at last, black men could enlist in the armed services ...

The party -- The puritan -- The pioneer -- The patriarch -- The pauper -- The plan -- Pottawatomie -- Pariah and legend -- The promoter -- Plotting multiculturally ...

Historians compare today's polarized politics and federal immigration enforcement to the intense debates over fugitive slave laws in the 1850s, revealing striking parallels.